Well that's done, last day of teaching has happened for us - now there are just student emails about assignments with extensions, the grading (at least our grades due deadline is in January), and the pile of things that were put aside because of wrapping up teaching between me and the break. Wishing everyone with another week of classes strength and patience!
In stationery talk, lets discuss the other things that end up in the pencil case or pen pot - what oddments do you include in your stationary kit? I can see two rulers, a teaspoon, a screwdriver, a waterbrush, a bookmark, a crochet hook and a memory stick in my penpots right now. What about you?
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<b>LAST WEEK'S GOALS:</b>
Daisy
Set exams
Read grad student chapters (one for each would be good)
Data for students
Be external on PhD defense
Catch up on huge pile of grading
Set, supervise, and mark lab exams
Admin planning retreat
Program review tasks
Learn two more batches of new music
Read grad student chapters (one for each would be good)
Data for students
Be external on PhD defense
Catch up on huge pile of grading
Set, supervise, and mark lab exams
Admin planning retreat
Program review tasks
Learn two more batches of new music
Dame Eleanor Hull
- swim x3, cardio x3, weights x2, yoga x5
- at least 4 writing sessions
- grade all papers that come in
- finish writing grads' final exam, grade it too
- write learning objectives
- order Xmas presents
- at least 4 writing sessions
- grade all papers that come in
- finish writing grads' final exam, grade it too
- write learning objectives
- order Xmas presents
heu mihi
1. Finish miscellaneous grading to make way for final papers
2. Next big step in my knitting project
3. Acquire ingredients for cookies; bake cookies over the weekend, probably
4. 3 hours(!!) on the writing project that's due in July--I feel like I could start roughing in some sections, so I should do that!
2. Next big step in my knitting project
3. Acquire ingredients for cookies; bake cookies over the weekend, probably
4. 3 hours(!!) on the writing project that's due in July--I feel like I could start roughing in some sections, so I should do that!
JaneB
SELF-CARE:
a) intentional movement for at least 15 minutes three days
b) ring GPs to see if I can make a non-urgent review appointment, go to dentist
c) wrapping Christmas stuff, finishing Christmas shopping
d) making a couple of times a week
e) two gently social things (D&D hopefully)
f) keep up reading for pleasure
IMPROVING MY ENVIRONMENT
a) 75%+ of the weekly list of chores
b) make a plan for the shelving in the living room
c) don't make clothes worse
TEACHING AND ADMIN:
a) mark first year assignment
b) limit teaching and admin to 5 hours at weekend
c) continue feedback for Senior MSc by Thesis student
RESEARCH
a) read revised manuscript from last autumn's visiting post-doc.
b) read chapter for meeting in December
c) work on outline grant text
d) work on modelling - make notes for a zero draft of the paper (so we can write as we go)
a) intentional movement for at least 15 minutes three days
b) ring GPs to see if I can make a non-urgent review appointment, go to dentist
c) wrapping Christmas stuff, finishing Christmas shopping
d) making a couple of times a week
e) two gently social things (D&D hopefully)
f) keep up reading for pleasure
IMPROVING MY ENVIRONMENT
a) 75%+ of the weekly list of chores
b) make a plan for the shelving in the living room
c) don't make clothes worse
TEACHING AND ADMIN:
a) mark first year assignment
b) limit teaching and admin to 5 hours at weekend
c) continue feedback for Senior MSc by Thesis student
RESEARCH
a) read revised manuscript from last autumn's visiting post-doc.
b) read chapter for meeting in December
c) work on outline grant text
d) work on modelling - make notes for a zero draft of the paper (so we can write as we go)
Julie
1. Review article.
2. Tidy study, organise papers and folders (paper and online).
3. Follow up a few references I found reading for the chapter.
4. Write reference for student.
5. Title and abstract for invited seminar in April.
6. House/life admin: more Christmas, financial stuff, plumber, organise cookery books when new bookcase arrives.
7. Self-care/fun: exercise, read, journal, something creative, sleep, catch up with friends.
2. Tidy study, organise papers and folders (paper and online).
3. Follow up a few references I found reading for the chapter.
4. Write reference for student.
5. Title and abstract for invited seminar in April.
6. House/life admin: more Christmas, financial stuff, plumber, organise cookery books when new bookcase arrives.
7. Self-care/fun: exercise, read, journal, something creative, sleep, catch up with friends.
Susan
Survive and...
1. Get in expenses for events and travel
2. Organize Christmas presents that need to be ordered/shipped
3. Clear journals off desk by putting in zotero and recycling
4. Be kind to my students
5. Deal with the administrative stuff and budget mess with out completely losing my mind
6. Keep up with exercise, healthy eating
7. Get enough sleep
8. Draft Christmas letter (it would be nice to send out cards BEFORE Christmas for once!)
1. Get in expenses for events and travel
2. Organize Christmas presents that need to be ordered/shipped
3. Clear journals off desk by putting in zotero and recycling
4. Be kind to my students
5. Deal with the administrative stuff and budget mess with out completely losing my mind
6. Keep up with exercise, healthy eating
7. Get enough sleep
8. Draft Christmas letter (it would be nice to send out cards BEFORE Christmas for once!)
Last week could definitely have been worse, but everyone is VERY ready for the end of term. Some small scandal when a colleague (who was complained about at the staff-student meeting the week before for giving vague assignment instructions and telling students the problem was them not his instructions) decided to give out cans of alcoholic drinks in class at 2 in the afternoon, with no risk assessment etc. But it's definitely a slog! Classes finished Friday, but the coming week is still a work week because we have an "Away Day" (in a different building, in a windowless room (ugh!)), I have to attend several trainings/briefings, and I also have multiple project meetings.
ReplyDeleteBUT last week the multi-author paper that I've been working on for at least 6 years, which has been delayed by new babies, new jobs, the lead of the original project being demanding and also very slow to share their comments, was accepted for publication! It's not a ground-breaking paper, a useful contribution but nothing new, but it's OFF THE LIST!!! And it's also the first actual academic paper out of that project (there will be a book one day, eventually, apparently), and as I was one of two academics on the project team who were not officially partners/costed in, I get to feel a certain sort of smug about that too. (looks like the second paper will be from me and the other not-costed-in academic too, with them taking the lead). So that was a win. And I'm only on campus one day next week (for the Away Day).
SELF-CARE:
a) intentional movement for at least 15 minutes three days two, but I was fairly active yesterday as well because the decluttering lady came
b) ring GPs to see if I can make a non-urgent review appointment, go to dentist yes, no appointment until after Christmas due to staff illness, and yes, and it went very smoothly but it still took a LOT of energy
c) wrapping Christmas stuff, finishing Christmas shopping yes, and all the packages bar one are in the post
d) making a couple of times a week one lot of crochet during a meeting, made multiple Christmas cards for family members
e) two gently social things (D&D hopefully) two if you count hanging out with the decluttering lady, which I do, as she is very chatty and in my house for 6 hours at a time!
f) keep up reading for pleasure yes
IMPROVING MY ENVIRONMENT
a) 75%+ of the weekly list of chores yes! A good week (with help from decluttering lady)
b) make a plan for the shelving in the living room no
c) don't make clothes worse no
TEACHING AND ADMIN:
a) mark first year assignment no
b) limit teaching and admin to 5 hours at weekend yes
c) continue feedback for Senior MSc by Thesis student finished. it was hard work and depressing, their writing seems to be getting worse...
RESEARCH
a) read revised manuscript from last autumn's visiting post-doc. no
b) read chapter for meeting in December yes
c) work on outline grant text yes - added a GANTT chart, rewrote the methods and objectives and hypotheses about 5 times
d) work on modelling - make notes for a zero draft of the paper (so we can write as we go) no
I was a bit over-ambitious given the dentist visit - which was just a minor filling and my dentist is LOVELY but Dentist Is Hard On My Nervous System!
SELF-CARE:
Deletea) intentional movement for at least 15 minutes three days
b) send last Christmas package
c) write letter to friend who sent me a letter with my birthday card (early November)
d) making a couple of times a week
e) two gently social things (D&D hopefully)
f) keep up reading for pleasure
IMPROVING MY ENVIRONMENT
a) 75%+ of the weekly list of chores
b) make a plan for the shelving in the living room
c) don't make clothes worse
TEACHING AND ADMIN:
a) mark first year assignment
b) NO teaching and admin after I end work on Thursday!
RESEARCH
a) read revised manuscript from last autumn's visiting post-doc.
b) work on outline grant text (edit background section, meeting with collaborators this week)
c) work on modelling - make notes for a zero draft of the paper (so we can write as we go)
d) read and comment on paper from not-my-grad-student